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ArticleRespiratory medicine case reports2013

Sarcoidosis following Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: Coincidence or consequence.

J W T van Enschot, R H H van Balkom

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Article in Respiratory medicine case reports, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

J W T van EnschotCatharina Hospital Eindhoven, Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Netherlands.
R H H van BalkomCatharina Hospital Eindhoven, Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Netherlands.
Radboud University Nijmegen · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We describe the case of a 47-year-old Caucasian male patient who developed sarcoidosis 18 months after he was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis for which he was treated according to guidelines. The presentation of sarcoidosis was very similar to his first presentation when he was diagnosed with tuberculosis. Mycobacterium tuberculosis as a possible aetiological agent in sarcoidosis has been point of debate since many years and has been studied thoroughly. Recent advances in immunologic and molecular techniques have strengthened the association between mycobacteria and sarcoidosis.(1) Sarcoidosis is a systemic inflammatory disorder of unknown aetiology, characterised by the presence of non-caseating epitheloid cell granulomas. It is generally agreed that this is a tissue reaction to environmental agents in a genetically susceptible individual.(2) Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by M. tuberculosis and characterised by caseating granulomas. In both clinical and histopathological features sarcoidosis is remarkably similar to tuberculosis and therefore can be difficult to distinguish. First, this case report demonstrates the need of diagnostic testing when reactivation of tuberculosis is suspected. And second the role of M. tuberculosis in the aetiology of sarcoidosis will be discussed.

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AetiologySarcoidosisTuberculosis

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PMID26029621
PMCPMC3949549
OpenAlexW2168117587

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